Mexican racer Alexandra Mohnhaupt will race with Douglas
Motorsport in the 2018 BRDC British F3 Championship.

The 18-year-old graduates into British F3 after two seasons at
Formula 4 level, making history this month as the first female race
winner of an FIA sanctioned F4 event by taking a double victory in
the Mexican NACAM Formula 4 series at the Autódromo Miguel E.
Abed.

She currently lies in second place in this year's championship
having also scored five other podium results, including three at
the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the venue for the Mexican F1
Grand Prix.

Mohnhaupt began her car racing career in the NACAM F4 series in
the 2015-16 season, while also taking part in selected rounds of
the F4 British Championship in 2016. Her second season in NACAM F4
in 2017-18 saw her finish fifth overall, scoring her first podium
result in the process, while again taking part in selected rounds
of British F4.

Prior to this, she raced in karting, with notable results being
a fourth place overall in the 2014 FIA Mexico National Karting
Championship and third in the 2011 Rotax Karting Mexico Capital
Zone Minimax series.

Joining Jamie Chadwick at the Douglas Motorsport team, Mohnhaupt
is is relishing the prospect of competing at a higher level: "I'm
really excited to be racing in the BRDC British F3 Championship
with Douglas Motorsport," she said. "The car is fantastic, I've
hugely enjoyed driving it in testing so far and I can't wait make
the step up and join the rest of the field on the grid at Oulton
Park."

Team Principal Wayne Douglas commented: "We're very excited to
welcome Alexandra to the team for the 2018 BRDC British F3
Championship. She's gained a lot of single seater experience at F4
level, and her recent results in Mexico show that she is definitely
ready for the next step up. We're looking forward to working with
her and assisting her development throughout the year."

Mohnhaupt becomes the tenth different driver nationality
confirmed on this year's grid so far, with other countries already
represented including Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, India,
Sweden, UK, USA, Venezuela and now Mexico.

For more information on the BRDC British F3 Championship, visit
the official website here.